Hi, there! I've never had corals before and I have a question about water changes and coral placement. When thinking of where in the tank to place any new corals, should I be thinking about placing them low enough so they're still covered for normal water changes? What happens if you have to do a large water change for some reason? Are they okay to be out of the water for a bit? Thanks for the help!
Water changes and corals
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Dom
Full Time Reef Keeper
You should avoid having your corals out of the water at all.
Your placement will depend on light and flow. Just keep moving things around until each frag seems happy in its placement.
We need to know more about your equipment; particularly what light you are running, but an equipment list will allow for more targeted recommendations.
Your placement will depend on light and flow. Just keep moving things around until each frag seems happy in its placement.
We need to know more about your equipment; particularly what light you are running, but an equipment list will allow for more targeted recommendations.
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Matt Carden
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If you have a sump, change the water in the sump.
Thanks for the replies. I have a Biocube 16 for one tank and a RedSea Max E260 for the other tank - both with the lighting they come with. I was curious more from a planning perspective as I start to add things in. Sounds like I need to keep corals low enough that I can do normal water changes without having them out of the water. For the RedSea tank I can do that mostly with the water from the rear sump, which is about 18% total volume, so thanks for that suggestion.
Boltline
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It is advise to not have your corals expose to air if you can avoid it... but I have a buddy that has a SPS dominate tank and has sticks growing almost out of the tank. When he does water changes a lot of his colonies get exposed to water and has never had an issue. You just don't want to expose to air for too long.
